Chapter: Sweet Rapture DANTE"Are you hurt?" Scarlett remained silent during the whole ride; it was like her body was here, but her mind was somewhere else.I hadn't seen any woman this shaken since the time I got Fiona away from that asshole Conti."Do you want me to take you to a hospital?" I asked again."I'm fine." Scarlett replied fiercely. She looked at me as if noticing I'd been sitting next to her all this time. "I just need to get home."I nodded.When the car pulled over at a brownstone townhouse, Scarlett quickly climbed out while clutching her purse. To my surprise, Sierra was sitting on the steps, all clad in a black coat. She rose to her feet and hurried towards Scarlett with a look of relief. For some reason, Howard was leaning by the stair railing. "Scar, you're alright!" Sierra wheezed as she hugged her."Yeah." Scarlett whispered."Come on." Sierra wrapped an arm around her and led her upstairs.The ladies went in first, but Howard stretched his arm, blocking my way, glaring hard at me."
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Chapter: The Thing About PowerSCARLETTI should have kept my big mouth shut.After nearly an hour reviewing the CCTV footage at the club, I found nothing out of the ordinary: Just the same familiar customers on the screen, everybody doing their thing and partying. Perhaps Santini was being tagged by the Feds, but then again, who in the club wasn't?It wasn't until I walked to the parking lot that I noticed a man in a black hood leaning by my car of all places. He was smoking, blowing out small streams in circles.My pulse spiked as I became aware of the incoming danger.I simply took a deep breath and dived in another direction with quick paces. But he followed, and I ran."Sh*t" I reached into my purse and dug out my cellphone. I don't know why, but something compelled me to text Sierra.It didn't take long for the man to catch up to me. I swung around to squeeze the nozzle on my pepper spray."Gotcha!" I snapped.
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Chapter: Caught SIERRASometimes the best way to get what you want is to be one step ahead. The first thing I did when I got to the club was to discreetly hide the wire where Rory Marchesi would be staying."Absolutely not," Scarlett replied.As my lips tightened into a thin line, I could feel my heart hammering in my chest. So I pretended not to have heard her by shrugging. "It's totally fine," I sighed dramatically. "I got this."Scarlett looked totally unimpressed. "I think you mean, you got the floor level."My shoulders dropped lower as I shot her a look of protest. "Come on, he's a...big tipper."Scarlett pulled on a smirk. "I know." She said, "Which is why I'm taking over from Paige."Son of a-I bit on my lower lip as anxiety slowly rose. Great, I'll just have to pray everything goes according to plan. Besides, Rory was already in the club.As I adjusted my mask, I strolled down the VIP lounge, barely looking a
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Chapter: Trouble At WorkSIERRA[Target keeps lovers in the grey area.]"It's about Rory Marchesi," Dante said.I searched Dante's brown eyes, so serious, like seeing a brick wall I couldn't break through. What is he planning to make me do?"Yes," I answered. "He comes to the club sometimes with friends.""Well, if he stops by, I want you to get up close and personal," Dante said as he watched me stand abruptly."And just what do you even mean by personal?" I demand."Sit down," he reached for my arm and guided me back to the couch and began to check his shirt pocket. "Nothing like that. I think he's got some plans; maybe he might get vocal about his business."Dante held a small wire to me, and the sudden spike in my heart signaled that I was going to hate whatever comes next. My entire body shook as I took the wire from him."Just hide this under his chair, and don't let anyone catch you.""Are you out of your freaking mind? He's a cold-blooded killer!""You're being so dramatic, Sierra. You're the last per
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Chapter: Fog of WarDANTE "Everybody get down!" I barked at my men, immediately ducked to the floor, and retrieved my gun from my belt holster."Frank!"I saw him crawl under a desk. "Oh hell." Frankie groaned.Something clinked; I spotted a canister roll across the floor and release a thick gray fog with a soft hiss. "Move to the walls!" I ordered everyone, as I covered my mouth with an arm.Suddenly, footsteps march in. I shut my eyes. "St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle..." I thought, then removed the safety of my gun. I listen to the sound of people charging in. I rolled out and fired once at a moving shadow in black. The body hit the ground.My men joined in, shooting when they caught a sound or movement. More gunshots rang out, and I heard someone grunt nearby. I grabbed one of the masked men and hooked my elbow into his face repeatedly and snapped his neck. I shot someone in the leg, and he went down in a yelp, and I didn't hesitate to finish him off when he tried to rise.A rifle
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Chapter: Crossfire DANTE "You said it would be dirty!" It was midday, and I was standing in the middle of a paintball obstacle course with eight other people, dressed in combat gear. Sierra lifted up her mask with a bright smile. "Exactly. I thought, instead of a boring dinner, why not have some fun?" "Yeah, if we were between the ages of ten and fourteen," I scoffed, while checking my paintball gun. "If I wanted the thrill of shooting, I'd be using real guns, a real AK rifle, and seven-six-two caliber ammo with accurate velocity rounds. There's something exhilarating about hitting the right target." The moment I said that, the other guys took a few steps back away from me. Sierra began to laugh, nudging my chest. "He plays a lot of video games." "Okay." The game marshall drawled, watching me carefully, before turning to the others. "Alright, everyone, the goal is to eliminate the other team by tag
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In Your Pucking Dreams, Captain
“In your dreams, O’Shea.”
Noah's cocky grin disappeared, replaced by a searing look. “You almost fooled me.”
“I… I'm not trying to.” I swallowed, but the lie died off as I traced the hard line of his jaw.
“Do I make you uneasy?” His deep voice made my toes curl in my boots.
“You wish.”
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He's the Captain. She's the Janitor. And her ex is about to lose his pucking mind.
Kendra Drake's future burned bright with straight A's and big dreams, until a tragic accident left her father on life support. Now she's trading her textbooks for a mop, scrubbing the floors at Templeton University.
Fate has other plans. Hockey royalty and her ex-boyfriend's biggest nightmare, Captain Noah O'Shea, has set his sights on Kendra. He's the first guy to look at her with a fierce intensity she secretly craves.
What starts as a reckless night escape from grief quickly turns into an irresistible attraction. What happens when Kendra's ex, Simon, discovers she's been in the arms of his rival—and how far would he go to tear them apart?
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Chapter: Like What You See? Kendra’s PoVSophie was undeniably fast. Somehow, she scheduled a meeting with Warden the next morning at the office. As I strolled down a sidewalk down to the arena, the bright morning light burned through my lids, my jaw kept clenching and unclenching as I mixed in with a crowd of happy college kids around me. Yes, they had their own lives, mine was practically over. How often had I gone without sparing a thought that they were people like me, struggling to put food on the table, or clocking out and meeting an empty house.Any way, I stretched my arms, shaking off the nervousness for what was to come.Inside the office, Sophie and Warden sat laughing…yes, making joyous sounds. I had to discreetly rub my eyes to be sure that warm expression on my boss’s face wasn’t a figment of my imagination.“Oh. Kendra you’re here,” Sophie exclaimed.“And late.” Warden added, happy mood
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Chapter: The Princess and The Janitor Kendra’s PoV“Ooh, have you tried waitressing?” Edith called over the phone while I desperately tried not to drop the butterfly charm. Inside my bedroom, I was hunching over my work desk, with a magnifying visor zooming on the nylon thread, and my raw, calloused hands made my stomach roll.I made a frustrating groan. “Come on, I barely survived beating like thirty people for the janitor work,” I said. “And besides, I'd have to go big, like a five-star restaurant, which is still a lot of pressure.”On the other end, my best friend sighed. “So, what are you doing now?”The desk was cluttered with boxes of glass beads and charms and threads too. “Um, arts and crafts?”"Seriously, Kendra?” Edith's voice was laced with disbelief. “You want to sell customized bracelets?”I pulled my laptop screen open. “Well, the bill is twelve grand.” I typed up my login det
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Chapter: To Be A Spoiled Princess Sophie's PoVOf course.A girl couldn't spend one miserable afternoon without a hot guy showing up in the blink of an eye. I snatched a handful of napkins from their box off the coffee table and rushed to my feet.“Marcus?” I yelped, scrubbing the cold patch on my shirt. “What on earth are you doing here?”Marcus stepped in, past my sister leveling an intense gaze at me. He was good at that; they say eye fucking was the best thing about silent attraction from a guy—Tess’s words of wisdom—but even with the shirt, the feeling of being stripped lingered.“I couldn't wait,” he said, dragging a hand through his hair. “Sophie…how could you?”Tess bared her teeth, sidestepped, and hurried out of the living room, while I kept my shoulders straight.“I… I don't understand.”“Oh come on, don't play games with me," h
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Chapter: Pucked AroundSophie's PoV“We’re not partners!” I hissed tightly at the big hockey player who merely returned a humorless grin. I gently pried Devin's hands off my hips, swallowing a breath as his brush of hand sent an incredibly hot tingle through me.Everyone was staring at us, including Ackerman, who immediately ordered us back to our workstations.“And they call me a rogue with no manners, Duchess.” Montoya's deep voice rumbled behind me.“Don’t ever call me Duchess.” I whispered back, my face heating up.Well, I couldn't even focus on finishing assembling the transmission. I'd woken up today with the hopes of predictability, acing my classes, and maybe shopping for a new pair of heels as a reward for crushing this workshop and not being completely humiliated by Noah O'Shea or manhandled by Devin.Right as the bell went, I grabbed my purse and chased Acker
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Chapter: No Take-Backs Noah's PoVDevin and I sat next to each other in machine design class; besides the obvious faded bruise on his jaw, he spent the first thirty minutes playing mobile boxing games and the next quarter watching videos of Letty being recorded around the house, either doing art homework or riding her pink bike on the sidewalk and wearing a smile.Devin was pretty private about his family and would bark at anyone who dared to ask. Occasionally, he'd sigh and remind me to take notes for both of us.The pressure from Kendra being in my bed was pushing me to my last straw, and frankly Devin was starting to annoy me.“I’m not your secretary.” I whispered, shooting him a warning look.Devin lowered his phone. “Oh, now you're going to bitch about sharing. Where's that team spirit you've been preaching about?”I groaned, continuing to type the equation on my l
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Chapter: I Trust YouNoah's PoV“Deal,” Kendra replied.It was hard to believe the first person I'd wake up to would be Kendra. My girl was here, and beneath her eyes were red patches, swollen with fatigue and stress. The pull from her shaky sobs a few hours ago tugged at my heart. For what it was worth, I'd seriously bring hell on anyone who dared to hurt her. I thought it would be done for good, but the idea of us being together like this wasn't part of the plan.I kissed her forehead. “Wait here while I throw something on the stove.”She crawled out of bed and stretched her arms. “I could use some coffee,” Kendra decided. “I hate being idle.”“Damn it, K, let me take care of you.”“I don't want to wait here alone.”Annoyed, I got to my feet and led her out of the bedroom and downstairs; sizzling eggs and coffee aroma greeted us. I pushed my tongue in my ch
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